Fitness startup ClassPass is now a unicorn
ClassPass has muscled its way into the $1 billion startup club. The alternative gym and fitness studio startup said Wednesday that it has raised $285…
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Iran defies Trump’s wrath with retaliatory missile attacks
Iran’s defiant volley of ballistic missile attacks on Iraqi bases hosting American forces left President Donald Trump with a fateful choice…
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This is what Iranian Americans think will happen next
The gravity of this moment hit Sam Yebri as soon as he heard the news. The Los Angeles lawyer says he and other Iranian Americans knew exactly what…
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11 datos (y algo más) que quizá no conocías sobre Irán
(CNN) — Irán es una república en Asia que comparte una frontera con siete países: Afganistán, Armenia, Azerbaiyán, Pakistán, Iraq, Turquía y…
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Sadio Mane crowned Africa’s best footballer having emerged as Liverpool’s key man
Mo Salah is often viewed as the central protagonist to Liverpool’s recent rise, with fellow forward Sadio Mane providing a quiet, industrial…
Continue Reading A Delaware man faces federal charges after he allegedly threw an incendiary device at a Planned Parenthood facility
A Delaware man threw a lit incendiary device at a Planned Parenthood facility and spray-painted the Latin words for “God wills it” on the…
Continue Reading Malaga coach Victor Sanchez suspended over explicit video, says he is victim of ‘harassment and extortion’
Spanish soccer club Malaga has suspended head coach Victor Sanchez after an explicit video of him appeared on social media. The 43-year-old former…
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Major airlines divert flights from Iranian and Iraqi airspace
Major international airlines are canceling and re-routing flights in the Middle East after Iran fired more than a dozen missiles at two Iraqi…
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US cancer death rate sees largest-ever single-year drop, report says
The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States continued to decline for the 26th year in a row, according to a new American Cancer Society…
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New Project Centauro superyacht concept resembles a spaceship
With so many inventive superyachts in the works, coming up with a bold and innovative is proving harder and harder for top designers. However, an…
Continue Reading US investors quickly shake off Iran’s missile strikes
A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. Iran has…
Continue Reading Fires, storms and floods cost $150 billion in 2019. More disasters are on the way
Hurricanes, wildfires and floods cost the world $150 billion in 2019 and losses for business and the economy are only expected to increase, because…
Continue Reading Apple customers spent $1.4 billion on the App Store in a single week
IPhone and iPad owners had quite the busy end to 2019. Apple customers spent $1.42 billion on apps between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, a…
Continue Reading Alcohol-related deaths have doubled in the US and women are at an increased risk, study says
The number of Americans who have died from alcohol-related problems annually more than doubled between 1999 and 2017, a new study found, and…
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How Chicago became America’s brashest and boldest city
Nicknamed the “city of the broad shoulders,” Chicago rises majestically out of America’s Midwest. Bold, brash and welcoming to…
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The evolving US justification for killing Iran’s top general
When the US government killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was first announced, officials from the Pentagon up to President Donald Trump…
Continue Reading More than 500 earthquakes have rattled the Puerto Rico region in 10 days. There may be more to come
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake that killed one person in Puerto Rico on Tuesday is one of hundreds of tremors that have rattled the island for more than…
Continue Reading Iraqi military bases housing US troops have been targeted by Iranian missiles. Here’s what you need to know
Two Iraqi bases that house American troops were the target of more than a dozen Iranian missiles on Wednesday in retaliation for the US killing…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for January 8: Iran, Ukraine, Australia, impeachment, Venezuela
The future of speed is here: The world’s first 350-kph (that’s about 217-mph) driverless bullet train is now in service in China.…
Continue Reading Stocks tumble after Iran attacks bases housing US troops in Iraq
Stocks tumbled Wednesday after Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house US forces. Asian markets…
Continue Reading Lifestyle changes may combat a dementia that strikes people in their 40s and 50s
Frontotemporal dementia strikes early, typically in the 50s, sometimes as young as age 45. Unlike Alzheimer’s, it doesn’t affect memory,…
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With the Australia fires, is it safe to travel there now?
As bushfires continue to rage across Australia, with scenes of glowing red skies and scorched landscapes filling social media feeds around the world,…
Continue Reading China bans foreign teaching materials in public schools
China has announced a ban on foreign teaching materials like textbooks and classic novels in all public primary and secondary schools — a move…
Continue Reading Las personas están comprando casas de descanso en vez de una propiedad para vivir: ¿cuál es la razón?
(CNN Business) – Las casas de descanso no solo son para los millonarios. Con precios promedio rondando el millón de dólares para viviendas en…
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Stefanos Tsitsipas receives talking to from mum after petulant on-court outburst
It seems even being one of the best, highest-paid tennis players in the world isn’t enough to escape a talking to from your mum. After losing a…
Continue Reading La misión TESS detecta un sistema ‘Tatooine’ y un planeta potencialmente habitable del tamaño de la Tierra
(CNN) — La misión de búsqueda de planetas de la NASA, TESS, encontró su primer exoplaneta potencialmente habitable del tamaño de la Tierra que…
Continue Reading New study to monitor ex-soccer stars for early signs of dementia
Researchers have launched a new study which hopes to better understand the link between playing soccer and developing dementia. The project by the…
Continue Reading Their son was beaten to death while visiting Greece. They hope a second trial will finally bring justice
Jill and Phil Henderson have to do it all over again. Again, they’ve flown from their home in Austin, Texas, to Greece. Again, they will sit…
Continue Reading Four men ordered to hang for fatal gang rape on New Delhi bus
Four men have been issued with death warrants for the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student in New Delhi more than seven years ago.…
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